Faits Divers

Photographer - Tobi Brun

Faits Divers

I scan each page for names

I do not wish to find;

Names of people,

Names of places,

Names of things.

I scroll each feed for names

I do not wish to find;

Asking of both,

Of all sides:

You are not coming for us next, are you?

Are you?

Hibah Shabkhez is a writer of the half-yo literary tradition, an erratic language-learning enthusiast, and a happily eccentric blogger from Lahore, Pakistan. Her work has previously appeared in Pleiades, Miracle Monocle, Glassworks, Windsor Review, Moria, CommuterLit, and a number of other literary magazines. Studying life, languages, and literature from a comparative perspective across linguistic and cultural boundaries holds a particular fascination for her.

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